kama

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: Ka=ma

CIDE DICTIONARY

kama, n. [Skr. kāma love, the god of love.].

•  The Hindu Cupid. He is represented as a beautiful youth, with a bow of sugar cane or flowers.  [1913 Webster]
•  Desire; animal passion;

  "supposed to create the ka"ma ru"pa (r [Skr. r shape, image], a kind of simulacrum or astral likeness of a man which exists after his death in an invisible plane of being, called ka"ma lo"ca (l [Skr. lōka space, world], until the impulses which created it are exhausted and it finally fades away."  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

kama, n. the Hindu god of love.

Idiom

Kama Sutra an ancient Sanskrit treatise on the art of erotic love.

Etymology

Skr.

THESAURUS

kama

Agni, Amor, Aphrodite, Astarte, Asvins, Avalokita, Bhairava, Bhairavi, Brahma, Chandi, Cupid, Daksha, Devaki, Devi, Dharma, Dharti Mai, Durga, Dyaus, Eros, Freya, Ganapati, Ganesa, Ganesha, Garuda, Hanuman, Himavat, Indra, Kali, Kamsa, Karttikeya, Lakshmi, Love, Parjanya, Parvati, Pushan, Rahu, Rhibhus, Rudra, Sarasvati, Savitar, Shiva, Sita, Soma, Surya, Uma, Ushas, Vaja, Varuna, Varuni, Vayu, Venus, Vishnu, Yama